Wednesday, March 14, 2012

One of life's little pleasures is to pull up to your home and see a
package waiting for you at the front door. The anticipation of seeing
who it's from and what the brown cardboard box holds is a small joy that
can't help but put a smile on your face.

That's
what happened to Godson on Friday. One of my nieces, who visited here
last Spring, knew he and his mom were big gardeners and had the yard in
their new house to plant a sizable vegetable garden.

Well, the garden is about to get a little bigger. Godson received a "Giant Watermelon Growing Kit".

His
mom and I spent a few hours this past weekend working on the soil and
preparing the bed where the watermelons would reside. It's a huge, wide
planter, quite deep, that runs along two sides of the yard near the
swimming pool-- Perfect for watermelon vines that can grow up to 12 feet
long.

This planter has been there for a very long while
and was in need of soil amendments and freshening up before anything
could possibly grow so we got out the usual garden tools, worked like
dogs, and dug and turned and dug and turned and dug, and dug and....
WTH!?!?!

We started to hit junk-- Filler junk so that the
original owners wouldn't need so much dirt-- Lots of empty plastic
bottles, bricks, old pipe fittings, plastic kids toys, including a
couple of Barbie dolls, dozens of tennis balls, broken pottery, a pair
of tennis shoes, and one very large, hot pink, anatomically correct--
vibrator!

Yes, vibrator.

I pulled that thing out, realized what it was, and tossed in the
air like a hot potato... which my BFF caught and immediately tossed over
her shoulder... Landing in the swimming pool... Where it looked even
pinker and even bigger.

We were laughing so hard it took
us about ten minutes to fish it out of the deep end of the pool.
Staring as it dripped in the pool net, we did the only thing we could
think of and buried it back in the far end of the planter where it will
hopefully never be seen again.

Why didn't we put it in the garbage? BFF has a neighbor who's
famous for garbage picking in other people's trash and THAT was the last
thing we wanted the picker to pull out!

That is hilarious. I can just imagine the hot pink "thing" floating in the pool. You seriously gave me a laugh that was needed for sure. Thank you, my friend. Hope Godson grows huge watermelon that he can be proud of.

It's not often when I'm on the computer that I laugh loud enough to wake my dog and have him look at me like I just fished a hot pink vibrator out of the swimming pool.You certainly paint a vivid picture! Now I'm left to wonder WHY it was there in the first place.Hot pink. Oh my.

MAYBE the previous owner's were trying to grow something very unique in their garden??? Made my day!!!

For my divorce many years ago, my girlfriend and I were going out to celebrate by going bowling (of course there was a bar there). SHE got ME a huge vibrator and I didn't know it till my purse, sitting on the table by the bar, started vibrating. I didn't know what the heck was going on so innocent me, I opened my purse and pulled this thing out IN PUBLIC WITH IT STILL VIBRATING. I could have DIED!

Oh my goodness! How funny is that! I would have driven it across town to a convenience store bin to drop it off. I don't understand dumpster diving folks. My trash is never anyone's treasure. Gotta love those watermelons. They are a necessary part of my diet along with cantaloupe.

Well, that gives a new meaning to the idea of buried treasure. You have to wonder about the story behind all the stuff that was buried and why. On the other hand, maybe we don't want to know the story behind the "hot potato" item.

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ROFLMAO...blowing chai through my nose..that is too funny..ewwwwww but giggle snort! OMG...hehehehehe! You are too funny hon!! Thank you I needed that!I miss you too..am so busy and my classes are kicking my backside LOL! Am doing well..just down to those senior year hard classes!! Also trying to keep up with the artwork and knitting:) Huge hugs to you my friend!

I have never laughed so hard at 6 in the morning when I read this. I'd have done exactly what you did and laughed till I peed my pants. I would have loved to have seen you two when you dug this up!! Hugs.

That's a tricky one about Pinterest. I love spreading the love, but the problem is that when you sign the terms and conditions with Pinterest, you promise that you have PERMISSION from the photographer to re-pin her photos (which clearly people don't have). And once you've re-pinned a photo you say you have permission for, then according to the agreement you signed with Pinterest, they can then use that photo and sell it to others. If the person who took the photo finds out and decides to go to court, then you are responsible for all the costs.

So - I like the thought behind Pinterest, but not the commercial aspect they have of saying they own anything pinned there.

Joanna, that is the funniest thing ever and to have it land in the pool. I would have burried it to, yes because of people going through the trash. lol. Good luck with the watermelon growing, loved that picture. hope you are well, thanks for making my day. hugs.

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! omg...my husband says, very sleepily, "What are you laughing at?" i woke him up...and now I have to pee....

That was hilarious...I would have put that sucker in the garbage can simply to teach garbage picker a lesson! ha ha ha...do you really want to investigate my trash in the future? that's too funny!!!! i could die!!! Thanks for the laugh...I can't wait to read this blog post to Grama on Monday!

I am finally back home from My Lion's business trip to Disney World. And, I am finally sane enough that they let me out for few minutes of quiet time, so I came to see you right away. I am not sure, but I think I would have put it in the trash right under the lid. It would have been worth it to see the look on the Dumpster Diver's face. But, then again, it could just be the Disney talking.

Congratulations on Post Of The Week! Extremely well-deserved. I loved the imagery of the "thing" being tossed from one person to another and then into the pool. However, if I had a neighbor that snoopy, I might have tried to plant it in HER rubbish, right on top for every other neighbor to see. It would serve her right.

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